Faculty & Staff

FACULTY | STAFF

A unique aspect of SVA is that our faculty is comprised of working professionals: artists who like to teach. In the traditional academic sense, we do not have full-time, tenured faculty. This fact profoundly impacts the quality of the education you will receive at SVA. Our faculty rarely needs to be encouraged to learn the latest applications - they use them every day in their work. Our faculty rarely needs to be informed of the most current industry trends - they are in the industry establishing those trends. Our faculty understands that creative skills and techniques are required to perform as a professional artist in a highly competitive field. Their day-to-day experience is yours to learn, all you have to do is ask.

The Computer Art Staff is outstanding. It is their hard work that determines how efficiently you can complete your work. It is their supportive attitude that sets the mood for each member of the faculty as they come to SVA to teach. You can always buy more computers but a staff like ours is extremely hard to find.

Eric Adolfsen
Creative director, You and You and You; creative director, founder, The Wooly
Education: BA, magna cum laude, Brown University; MFA, Yale University
Professional experience includes: Director, Brand New School
Former clients include: Subway, Cartoon Network, BBC, Hewlett-Packard, Toyota,Target, House of Waris, Nike, Sir Kensington’s Gourmet Scooping Ketchup, Invisible-Exports
Honors include: Phi Beta Kappa

NEO AFAN
Motion Graphics artist, RhinoFX. Formerly, designer, animator, Blink Digital
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Coca-Cola, Hyundai, L'Oréal, Ports Authority, Budwesier
Group Exhibitions Include: MetroCAF, SIGGRAPH; Cartoombria, Perugia; Museum of Modern Art
Publications include: Shoot, Advertising Age

Mary J. Belthoff
Graphic designer, corporate trainer
Education: BS, Bowling Green State University
Professional experience includes: Senior graphic designer, Doubleclick First, LLC
Clients include: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide,L’Oréal, Novartis, Kerwin Communications, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Bed Bath and Beyond, Cadbury Adams

JORDAN BLIT
Animator
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Psyop, Inc; Rust Company; Wander Films; Brand New School
Film Festivals Include: Pumelo International, Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts, Red Stick International Animation Festival
Website: www.jabimation.com

BRAD BLONDES
Art director, graphic designer
Education: BA, Temple University, MFA, Yale University
Clients include: The New York Times, Condé Nast, NBC, Sundance Channel, Discovery Channel, Grey Goose
Publications include: The New York Times, Aperture Magazine

BENJAMIN BOBKOFF
Designer
Education: BFA, Cornell University; MPS, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Brownstone Studio, Citibank, David Sirieix Advertising, KPMG Peat Marwick, Ernst & Young, Anderson Consulting

ADAM BURR
Senior technical director and animation software developer, Blue Sky Studios
Education: BS Columbia University
Clients include: FOX Animation, GLC Productions, R/GA, Spontaneous Combustion, Blink FX

JAMES CALHOUN
Curriculum Coordinator, BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department, School of Visual Arts; Animator; fine artist
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts; MA, The New School University
Exhibitions and Screenings include: Pixie Flix Film Festival, Orlando; Borders to Bridges Gallery; Kristin Contemporary Art Gallery; SideCar Cafe, Barcelona; Damah Film Festival, Los Angeles; Animation Block Party
Publications include: Bomb; illustrations in, 109 Forgotten American Heroes

Lauren Carr
Character simulation technical director, Blue Sky Studios
Education: BS, SUNY Buffalo; MFA, Pratt Institute
Professional experience includes: Character cloth technical director, Disney Feature Animation, Cinesite, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Film projects include: Tangled; A Christmas Carol; Prep & Landing; Bolt; Meet The Robinsons; Chicken Little; X-Men United; The In-Laws; The ChubbChubbs; Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

ALISON CATTELONA
Art director, production artist, designer
Education: BA, Duquesne University
Clients include: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Adobe, Ogilvy & Mather, Pearson Education, Sterling Publishing

ALEX CHEPAREV
Art director, production artist, designer
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Cingular, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, Rockstar Games, M&Ms, Samsung, Visa, Nextel, America Online

MARK COROTAN
Art director, computer graphics artist, Curious Pictures; animator. Formerly, lead animation designer, R/GA
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Nokia, Nike, Subaru, Verizon
Film Festivals Include: Anima, MetroCAF, SIGGRAPH
Publications include: Exposé 2, Corel Painter Official Magazine
Awards include:First Place, fine arts, Phillipine National Science Society
Website: sundang.com

DAVID CORTES
President, art director, Inu Art. Formerly, sculptor, McFarlene Toys
Clients include: Marvel Toys, ToyBiz, DC Comics, Hasbro, Fischer-Price, Mezco Toys
Publications include: The New York Times

SABINA CROSBY-BARRETT
Digital artist
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Macy's, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, John Wiley & Sons, BBDO, Newsday, ABC, New Jersey Transit

STUART CUDLITZ
Fine artist, writer, designer, director
Film and Television Credits include: The Twilight Zone, MTV/Liquid Television, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Top Gun, Tucker
Former Clients include: Hewlett-Packard Labs, IBM, Warner Brothers Records, Silicon Graphics, Electronic Arts, National Grpahic Society, MTV Networks
Exhibitions and Screenings include: SIGGRAPH, Mill Valley Film Festival, Conservatory of Music at the Hague, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Awards and Honors include: Ciné Golden Eagle, International Monitor Award, Massachusetts Council for the Arts, Interactive Media Festival Award, National Endowment for the Humanities
Website: stuartink.com

AHN DANG
Information architect, Avenue A / Razorfish.
Education: BS, University of Texas; MPS New York University.
Clients include: United Nations, Sheraton, Ford, XM Radio, Capitol One, New York Law School.

Rodrigo de la Parra
Independent designer, compositor and director
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Co-founder: HOPR LLC
Clients include:Clients include: Mercedes-Benz, Pinnacle, Kodak, Sony Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Citibank, ESPN, The Mill, Merge, Joyride Collective.

MICHAEL DELGAUDIO
Senior interaction designer, Frog Design Inc.
Education: BFA, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design; MPS, New York University
Clients include: Credit Suisse; Samsung; TODA; Paramount BioSciences; Max Protech Gallery; New York Women in Communications, Inc.
Group Exhibitions include: Wook & Lattuada Gallery; 3rd Ward; Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee; McCaig-Welles Gallery
Publications include: The Camera Phone Book: How To Shoot Like a Pro, Print, Store, Display, Send Images, Make a Short Film; Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design
Awards include: Photo District News Annual, Communication Arts, Nielsen Norman Group

ERICK DEMARTINO
Owner, creative director, E. DeMartino Design; corporate trainer; digital artist
Education: Pan American Art School
Clients include: Chase, Dean Witter Realty, Kiplinger's, MacMillan/McGraw-Hill, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Hunter Douglas, Merrill Lynch, Forbes, Lederle Laboratories, PR Newswire
Exhibitions include: Garibaldi-Meucce Museum
Awards include: Bullet-Proof Logos; The Big Book of Logos; Graphically Bold; Blue is Hot–Red is Cool; Logos and Trademarks of the World; American Corporate Identity Annuals; Logo Families

JAMES DICK
Technical director, FramestoreNY
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Geico, Pepsi, GE, FedEx, EA
Screenings include: MetroCAF, Big Apple Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, Young Cuts Film Festival

SUZANNE DYER
Junior Flame Operator, The Mill New York
Education: BFA and BA, Rutgers University; MS, New York University,
Clients include: Nike, Aflac, ESPN, GE, Mercedes, Acura, Coca Cola, Chase

CARL EDWARDS
Animator, technical director
Education: BA, University of Illinois, Chicago
Clients include: Macy Gallery, Teacher's College; Columbia University; ABC No Rio; Lumen Gallery, New Rochelle Library, NY
Honors include: Kappa Delta Pi

ERIC EISER
Designer, director, 3D artist
Education: BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Lifetime, Nickelodeon, MTV, NBC, CBS, Showtime, VH1, MSNBC, The Movie Channel
Awards include: Emmy Award, Ciné Golden Eagle, Broadcast Design Association, Telly, U.S. International Film and Video Festival, ADDY

KATRIN EISMANN
Chair, MPS Digital Photography Department, School of Visual Arts; photographer; author
Education: BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology; MFA, School of Visual Arts
Author: Photoshop Masking & Compositing, Photoshop Restoration and Retouching. Co-author, The Creative Digital Darkroom, Real World Digital Photography
Clients include: Apple Computer, Eastman Kodak, PPA, Adobe Systems, Fuji Film, U.S. Navy, Nikon, PMA, ASMP
Publications include: Photo District News, American Photo, Popular Photography, Step by Step Graphics
Awards include: Photoshop Hall of Fame
Website:www.katrineismann.com

VICTOR FINA
Computer graphic technical director
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: SyFy, CBS News, Golf Channel, Bear Stearns, Golf Channel, Johnson & Johnson, Disney, Ford, New York Stock Exchange, Nickelodeon, VH1, MSG Network, New York University Medical Center

SHARON FLEISCHMANN
Computer/Fine Artist
Education: BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts; SUNY at Buffalo
Clients include: BIACORE Inc., Evergreen Media, Hello World Inc., Home Aid Inc., Home Box Office, Jehan Kamal Enterprises, Kids Cuts Inc., Manhattan Marketing Inc., Sony, The New York Post, The New York Times, The New York Typographical Union, WNEW FM
Group Exhibitions Include: 20/20 Gallery, Felitti, The Edge Lounge, L.H.S. Alumni Art Show, Visual Arts Gallery

TINA FONG
Computer graphics artist
Education: BA, Columbia University; School of Visual Arts.
Clients include: Group Clarins, Inc.; JBRH Advertising; Siotas.com; FeldenkraisHaus.ch, New York Region of the Feldnkrais Guild of North America.
Former Clients Include: Young & Rubicam; abcnews.com; Newsweek; Prudential Securities

BRENDAN GALLAGHER
Animator; Digital Artist; Owner, creative director, Out To Play Entertainment
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Awards Include: Dante’s Peak, Fifth Element, Titanic

ANDREW GARRAHAN
Interactive developer, game programmer.
Education: BA, University of Maryland.
Clients include: OMGPOP.com, RayBan, Bvlgari, Maytag, John Hopkins University, NBC Universal, Merck.
Website: gutpela.com

MATTHEW L. GILBERT
Software trainer, art director
Education: BFA, SUNY Purchase
Clients include: The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Bauer Publishing, Pentagram, Ann Taylor, Hachette Publishing, Morgan Stanley, Dow Jones, HBO

SETH GOLLUB
Animator, Framestore NY
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Geico, FedEx, Coca-Cola, Pepsi
Awards include: Visual Effects Society

Gavin Guerra
President, VFX supervisor, VRAM FX Inc.
Education: BFA, Parsons School of Design
Clients include: AT&T; Avon; McDonald's; Panasonic; Sirius XM Radio Inc.; Hasbro; Nike; Nickelodeon; MTV; Frito Lay; Ford; Revlon; Christmas Spectacular, Radio City Music Gall; Showtime
Visual effects for: Vertical Limit; X2: X-Men United; The Warrior's Way; Frost/Nixon

SANTOSH GUNASEELAN,
VFX technical director, The Mill - NY.
Education:MS, New York University; BE, PSG College of Technology.
Clients include: Buck, Charlex, Plus ET Plus, Digital Kitchen.
Awards include: Best Student Work, Create Gold Awards, 2007.

ERIK S. GUZMAN
Sculptor; co-director, Goliath Visual Space; manager, Sculpture Center, School of Visual Arts
Education: BFA, MFA School of Visual Arts
Exhibitions include: Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan; Gallery Affero, Newark, NJ; Exit Art; Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY; Museo Del Barrio; Soap Factory, Minneapolis; Smack Mellon; ISE Cultural Foundation
Publications include: Sculpture, Brooklyn Rail, Twin Cities Daily Planet, Rotund World, artnet.com
Awards include: Greenwall Foundation; Grants for Art in Public Spaces; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; artist residency, CUE Art Foundation

DANIEL HAHN
Web developer, Grey Interactive
Education: BA, Marist College
Clients include: M&M's, Pringles, Pantene, Skittles, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Cover Girl, Gerber, Advil, Caltrate, Robitussin

Perry Harovas
Visual effects artist, animator
Education: BS, Emerson College
Clients include: Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Universal Studios, New Horizons
Animation projects include: Commandments; Crossworlds; Cremaster 3; Not of This Earth; CSI: Miami; Evolution; The Super Snoopers; Night of the Demons; Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Co-author: Mastering Maya Complete 2
Website: theafterimage.com

BRIEN HINDMAN
Environmental modeling lead, senior modeler, Blue Sky Studios
Education: BFA, New York University
Clients include: Nathan Love; Psyop, Inc; MK12; Amoeba Labs; Eyeball NYC
Film Credits include: Horton Hears a Who!, Ice Age, The Meltdown, Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaur, Robots

CLAY HOLLEY
Producer, audio engineer, sound designer
Education: BA, with honors, Arizona State University
Clients include: Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Discovery Network for Kids, Geffen, MCA, Koch, Truth & Soul

DAVID HULIN
Director, head of computer graphics, Framestore NY
Education: BA, with honors, Surrey Institute of Art
Clients include: General Motors, Pepsi, Geico, Dodge, Oral-B, FedEx, Discover, Coca-Cola, Samsung
Awards include: Emmy Award, British Television Advertising Craft Award, International Monitor Award, London Effects and Animation Award, Royal Television Society Craft and Design Award, International 3D Award, Visual Effects Society, Ottawa Animation Festival

SUSIE J. HWANG
Formerly, animation editor, Little Airplane Productions, Animation Collective
Education: BFA, New York University
televison shows include: Wonder Pets!, Gary the Rat, Little Bill

JAY IGNASZEWSKI
Visual effects editor, producer
Education: BA, MA San Francisco State University
Clients include: CGI Slaves, media.net, Amblin Entertainment, Synapix
film credits include: The Matrix, What Dreams May Come, Twin Peaks, Total Recall, Stars Wars: Return of the Jedi, The Right Stuff
awards include: Emmy Award

ADRIENNE KLEIN
Artist; curator; editor, Art & Science Collaborations; director, Science and The Arts Program, CUNY
Education: BFA, cum laude, Syracuse University. MFA, SUNY Albany; New York University
Curatorial Projects include: Brooklyn Museum; New York University; Mandeville Gallery; Schenectady, NY
Publications include: Leonardo
awards include: New York State Council on the Arts, Sally and Milton Avery Foundation, Artists Space, New York Foundation of the Arts
Website: www.adrienneklein.com

JEFFREY LERER
3D Animator
Education: BA, University of Arizona
Group exhibition include: Henry Street Settlement; University of Tampa; McGill College, Quebec; Rochester Institute of Technology; University of Michigan; Bennett Siegel Gallery; Hagerman Banos Gallery, Mexico City
Screenings include: Howl East Village Film Festival; Lancaster Film and New Media Festival. England; WNET
Awards include: New York Foundation for the Arts, T.J. Watson Research Center, Fund for Innovative TV, New York State Council on the Arts, Experimental Television Center

MARISSA LERER
Freelance developer/musician
Education:BS, New York University; MA, New York University
Clients include: BBDO, The Chopping Block, Atmosphere, Lisa Loeb, Clinique, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, CMT, Johnny Iuzzini, TBS, AT&T, Phish
Awards include: Pixel Award, People’s Champ for JohnnyIuzzini.com

BOAZ LIVNY
Owner, Vision Animations Inc.
Education: MA, Bournemouth University
Clients include: Plus et Plus, The Wilderness, Beverage Media Group Ltd., Iceberg Vodka, Suzy Systems, Walsh Family Media
Author: Mental Ray for Maya, 3ds MAX, and XSI: A 3D Artist's Guide to Rendering

LISA LORDI
Graphic artist
Education: BA, Pace University; The Cooper Union; School of Visual Arts
clients include: A&E Television, Hachette Filipacchi, Ogilvy Interactive, BSMG Wolrdwide, MasterCard, BC Media, American Express, Barnes and Noble

EDWARD J. LUTTRELL
Art director, digital retoucher, Coty Beauty United States
Projects include: IBM, Frito-Lay, Godiva, Burger King, Moët & Chandon, Levi's Verizon, Kodak, Lancome
publications include: Advertising Photographers of New York, I Magazine

MICHELE MATT
Computer graphics artist; motion capture animator, Curious Pictures
Education: BFA, summa cum laude, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
clients include: MTV, Harmonix, Mattel, Kraft, General Foods, America Online

DAVID B. MATTINGLY
Matte artist; illustrator
Clients include: Business Week, American Express, Weta Digital, Motown Records, Lucasfilm Ltd., Disney Studio, Universal Studios, Galoob Toys, R/Greenberg Associates
Group exhibitions include: New York Society of Illustrators; Delaware Museum of Art; Canton Museum of Art, OH More than 500 cartoons and 30 covers for The New Yorker.
Projects include: Alternate Views, Alternate Universes: The Art of David B. Mattingly. More than 1,000 book covers for publishing houses, including Ballatine, Bantam, Berkley, Dell, Alfred A. Knopf, Marvel Comics, Omni, Playboy, Ace, Penguin, Scholastic, Signet, Tor

Christopher Wolfgang Mauch
Director, storyboard artist, lead designer, Humble
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: ESPN, Motorola, Powerade, Captain Morgan, Muse, Passion Pit
Film storyboards include: Black Swan; The Lucky Ones; Across the Universe; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Ice Age: The Meltdown; Garden State

CHRIS McCORMACK
Principal, McCormack, Inc.
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Grey Healthcare Group, Ralph Lauren, HarperCollins, CNBC, Ogilvy & Mather, TracyLocke, MTA, USA Network, HBO, Song, Jergens, Gap, ABC, McCann-Erickson, Deutch Inc. The New York Times
Author: Photoshop CS2 Path Essentials

Sean Basil McGiver
Fine artist, photographer, graphic designer
Education: BFA, Sage College of Albany; MPS, School of Visual Arts
Professional experience includes: Photo fashion artist, Von Vonni Company; in-house photographer, graphic designer, Ritz Bar and Lounge
GROUP EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE: Red Dot Art Fair; Aqua Contemporary Art Fair, Miami; Affordable Art Fair
WEBSITE: seanbasilmcgiver.com

JOHN MCINTOSH
Chair, BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department, School of Visual Arts. Formerly, Digital Domain, American Film Institute, Kodak Center for Creative Imaging
Education: BA, Whittier College; MFA, Yale University
One-person Exhibitions include: Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, DC; Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Group Exhibitions Include: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Publications include: Washington Photography: Images of the Eighties; The New Photography; Grand Street; Superdesigning Electronic Art and Design; RES; Computer Artist; MacWEEK; McIntosh, Catalogue for Corcoran Gallery of Art; The Future Image Report
Awards and Honors include: New York Foundation for the Arts; Jean Stein Foundation Fellowship; Alexandria Cultural Arts Committee; Ford Foundation Special Projects Grant; chair, SIGGRAPH

David Mellor
Senior technical director, commercials director, Framestore, New York
Education: BS, with honors, University of Luton; MA, Bournemouth University
Commercial work includes: “Waste,” General Electric; “Sea,” Smirnoff; “Light Launch,” Coors; “Lemon Aid,” McDonald’s; “Record,” AT&T; “Get Thinkering,” Nintendo; “Snowflake,” Starbucks; “Gorilla Glass,” Corning Incorporated
Awards and Honors include: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial, Visual Effects Society Award

ADAM MEYERS
Producer
Clients include: Saturday Night Live, MTV, Bravo, Nickelodeon
Group exhibitions include: Pegasus Galleries, Next Gallery, Maxwell Gallery, Park Galleries

RYAN MORAN
Lead animator, Nathan Love
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: Guiness, Pop Secret, Chips Ahoy, Nike, Baskin Robbins

MARK NEUMANN
Animation, effects designer
Education: BFA, Pratt Institute
Commercials include: MTV, Harmonix, Mattel, Kraft, General Foods, America Online
Film credits: Pokemon
Awards: Emmy Award

DON NEWCOMB
Digital artist, screenwriter
Education: BFA, University of Utah; MFA, Carnegie Mellon University
Animation projects include: Fabulousity; Fairy Tales: Next Gen; The Fabulous Nutcracker; Rainbow Boys, Twirling Earl; Downsizing of the Gods; It's in the Cards
Publications include: Proof
Screenings include: Breckenridge Film Festival, CO; Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals: New York City, Long Island, New Orleans, Austin, Fort Worth, Memphis, Australia, Spain, Czech Republic, Miami, Connecticut, Boston
Website:www.donnewcomb.com

JOSEPHINE NOH
Digital visual effects artist
education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
clients include: 1st Avenue Machine; Curious Pictures; Phosphene; Mad Dog Films, Inc,; OFFHOLLYWOOD
Website:www.josephinenoh.com

AARON OLIKER
Animator, programmer; president, CEO, Cyber Fiber Inc., TriVision Reality
education: BA, Syracuse University; MS, New York University
clients include: New York University Medical Center, Center for Advanced Digital Applications; Temple University
publications include:Journal of Thorasic Cardiovascular Surgery; The Smile Train Presents: Virtual Surgery

ANDY PEARLMAN
Digital Artist/Painter
education: BFA, Ohio State University
former clients include: MSNBC, NBC, Corsair, Apple Computer, IBM, BMW, Becker, FeedRoom
awards include:The One Show

NELSON RAMIREZ
Adobe Flash developer. Formerly, lead programmer, RhinoFX, rembrandtfilms.com; Web developer, Ford Foundation
education: BFA, School of Visual Arts

ERIC REINFELD
Digital artist, animator, Digital Design
education: AAS, Sullivan County Community College
clients include: AAS, Sullivan County Community College
co-author: Real World AfterEffects

ALEXANDER REYNA
Fine Artist, creative director
Education: BFA, University of New Hampshire; MFA Pratt Institute
Clients include: @Radical Media, Armani, Fuse.tv, Gaia Industries, Getty Images, Grey Advertising, Nickelodeon, Rockstar Games, Microsoft, Universal Studios, Chanel
One-person exhibitions include: Pablo's BIrthday, Miller Weitzel Gallery, Cleveland
Group exhibitions include: ABC No Rio, SCORE Art Fair; Cuchifritos Gallery; Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse; Jack the Pelican Presents, Vox Pupuli, Philadelphia; Nova Art Fair, Chicago; Pool Art Fair, Miami
Website:www.alexanderreyna.com

MATTHEW B. RICHMOND
Principal, senior designer, The Chopping Block, Inc.
Education: BFA, The Cooper Union
Clients include: Nickelodeon, Barnes & Noble, CNN Interactive, Miramax Films, Microsoft, LEGO, Adobe, Warner Brothers, Turner Classic Movies, Phish, National Geographic

Anca Risca
Director and art director at Nathan Love
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
Clients include: NBC, Nike, Nickelodeon, Oregon Lottery, Stridex, Guinness, Baskin Robbins, Pop Secret, Chips Ahoy, Sweet N’ Low, Fanta.
Publications include: Brief Magazine, IDN Magazine.

Andrew Rowan-Robinson
Senior technical director, Framestore, New York
Education: BA, with honors, Bournemouth University
Film and television projects include: The Tale of Despereaux; Wanted; The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian; The Golden Compass; Underdog; Primeval (vol. 1); Ocean Odyssey
Worked on commercials for: Geico, General Electric, Pepsi, Bridgestone, Diageo, Nissan, Nintendo, HBO, Motorola, Captain Morgan
Film festival screenings include: BBC Big Screen, Promax, Oxford International

ZEVAN ROSSER
Founder, president, Shapevent Interactive, Shapevent Spaces
Education: BFA, School of Visual Arts
One-person exhibitions include: Empty Exhibition 1-4 (Shapevent Spaces)
Co-author include: Learning Actionscripting 3.0: A Beginner's Guide

JOHN RUGGERI
Illustrator
Education: BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts
Exhibitions include:School of Visual Arts; Fine Art Gallery Center for Music, Drama and Art, Lake Placid, NY
Publications include: Self, Seventeen, Mademoiselle, Print, Rolling Stone, House & Garden, The New York Times Magazine
Awards: Distinguished Artist-Teacher Award, School of Visual Arts

Patricio Sarzosa
Creative director, Sessions College for Professional Design. Formerly, senior designer, Max Identidad Corporativa; designer, G Spot Advertising; editorial designer, Diario El Comercio, Ecuador
Education: BA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Clients include:CLIENTS INCLUDE: The Economist; Olé; SBDC CUNY; Amino Vital; Adventure-Life; Cinemark; Our Children Foundation; Previsora Bank; IntegraMed
WEBSITE: psarzosa.com

KATE SCHAFFER
Director of Operations, BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visuals Effect Department, School of Visual Arts; Computer artist; fine artist; photographer
Education: BA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibitions and Screenings include: Exit Art; HERE Gallery; School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Toronto Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago International Gay & Lesbian Film & Video Festival; AIM IV: International Festival of Time- Based Media, University of Southern California, Pasadena

SANDY SELINGER
Business consultant. Formerly, vice president, finance and operations, Psyop, Inc.
Education: BA, magna cum laude, University of Colorado, Boulder; MS, London School of Economics

XIOALEI “KEVIN” SHI
Flash developer
Education:BA, Rutgers University.
Clients include: Nike, Nokia, Barnes & Noble, Discover.

ELIZABETH YERIN SHIM
Art director. Formerly, art director, LOGO/MTV Networks
Education: BFA, Ewha Women's University, Seoul; BFA, with honors, School of Visual Arts; MFA, Yale University
Clients include: Lifetime; Samsung; TOD Gallery, Seoul; City of Seoul
Group exhibitions include: PechaKucha, Seoul; Dotmov Festival, Japan; New Media Festival, Seoul
Awards include: Gold Cube, Art Directors Club; Grafik

Thomas H. Smith III
3D Lighting Technical Director and Compositor
Education: BA, University of the Incarnate Word
Clients include: Coca Cola, Hershey’s, Budweiser, Almond Joy, Fanta, Marc Ecko, Listerine, Charles Schwab, Ribena, Verizon, Motorola, Payday.

ROBERT STRIBLEY
Senior information architect, Razorfish
Education: BA, M.Ed., Bob Jones University
Clients include: Wachovia, Bank of America, Smith Barney, Travel Channel, Ford

JEROME THELIA
Animator, editor, musician
education: BA, University of Minnesota
one-person exhibitions include: Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis; No Name Gallery, Minneapolis
Film and video credits include: Dreamhouse, With Reservations, Mavis, Trauma
Clients include: Microsoft, WashingtonPost.com, VCV Japan, Paisley Park, Simitar Productions, Target
awards include: Jerome Foundation, Minneasota State Arts Board

Andrew Walker
Senior technical director, Framestore CFC
Education: BA, with honors, Bournemouth University
Clients include: Geico, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, General Motors Corporation, Oral B, Dodge, Jeep, Playstation, Smirnoff, Hoover, Verizon
Awards include: Visual Effects Society

Chris West
Compositor
Education: BAS, Expression College for Digital Arts
Professional experience includes: Senior animator, Plus
Compositing on commercials for: Psyop, Inc.; Buck; Süperfad; Shilo; Stardust; Transistor Studios; Mass Market; Logan
Website chriswest.tv